Irish Internet Association NetVisionary Awards Notification has been received from the Irish Internet Association that Mark Bannon is nominated for two of its Net Visionary Awards this year. The first being for Technology Innovation and the second being the use of technology for Social Contribution purposes. Innovation Award The Net Visionary Innovation Award recognises that [...]
Mar
26
2010
26
2010
Mar
23
2010
23
2010
HHS April Meeting Attendance Confirmed
A meeting of the US Department of Health and Human Services Secretary’s Advisory Committee on National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives for 2020 is to take place on the 1st April 2010. Places at this meeting are extremely limited in numbers but it has been confirmed today that Mark Bannon as a representative of [...]
Mar
22
2010
22
2010
Appointments to VI PDP Working Group
Earlier today IDCAS confirmed the appointments of both Mark Bannon and IHRI Chief Technology Officer Liam Drew to the Vertical Integration Policy Development Process Working Group, within the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO). This is a very exciting opportunity as it will allow for the voices of IHRI members to be heard on an international level in relation [...]
Mar
21
2010
21
2010
Creating a new type of Avatar
Discussions have begun to take place on the Education 3D Grid regarding the future of avatars forms on the service. It is not just a case of changing the appearance of the avatar. The discussions include what the next version of avatar should be able to do better than the current type. At present the [...]
Mar
14
2010
14
2010
Live Recording of BPSA Conference
Yesterday the British Pharmaceutical Students Association held their second Eastern Area Conference for 2010 in Norwich, United Kingdom. During this event they used IHRI’s “Virtual 3D” learning & training platform technology to record several speakers along with question and answer sessions held throughout the day. These recordings allowed users to both interactively take part in [...]
Mar
6
2010
6
2010
ICANN 37: Nairobi
Today Mark Bannon took part in the ICANN 37. The meeting will continue tomorrow also. He made a statement that in his view the event went very well and that none of the issued covered should have a negative impart on the academic community.
Mar
1
2010
1
2010
ICANN 37: Nairobi
It has been announced recently that Mark Bannon will be taking part in the 37th ICANN meeting to represent the international academic community through IDCAS. This meeting will be hosted in Nairobi, Africa.
Feb
25
2010
25
2010
Virtual 3D Version 4 Beta Goes Live
Today version 4 beta was announced as stable for development purposes. Transition over from version 3 will continue through next week. This will be the final official release to the community of the service under its current brand name. Upon release of alpha, this service will become “Education 3D Grid” to illustrate its intended use [...]
Feb
23
2010
23
2010
Education 3D Grid
It has been announced today that IDCAS in conjunction with its community partners have decided to re-brand the “Virtual 3D” service as “Education 3D Grid”. This will take effect upon the release of version four alpha. Website: www.Edu3DGrid.com
Feb
21
2010
21
2010
Virtual 3D Network: Initial Testing
IDCAS reports that the new “Virtual 3D” network backbone is functioning at peek performance during initial testing stage. Within the next few days version 3 beta will be upgraded to version 4 alpha. Further testing will take place in advance of this migration.